Latest Pennsylvania News
RSS-
Steelers Hire Chidi Iwuoma as BLESTO Scout
The Pittsburgh Steelers have hired former cornerback Chidi Iwuoma as the team's BLESTO Scout, it was announced today. The team's former BLESTO Scout, Mike Butler, will now serve as a college scout. Iwuoma comes to the Steelers after serving as the Assistant Director of Student-Athlete Development at the University of California from 2010-12. Prior to that, Iwuoma worked in Cal's ...
-
Police Suspect in abduction of 2 girls found dead
A convicted sex offender suspected of abducting two girls from an Iowa bus stop has been found dead, and a massive search for one of the girls continues, authorities said ...
-
Cops Suspect may face DUI rap after slamming into Yeadon borough hall
YEADON – The driver of an SUV may have been under the influence when he crashed into a wall at borough hall late Monday, narrowly missing several firefighters, police ...
More Pennsylvania News
RSS-
What we know about the Oklahoma tornado and its aftermath
The tornado passes across southern Oklahoma City on Monday, May 20, 2013. (Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman/AP)How many are dead Ninety-one are feared dead, though the medical examiner's office is confirming only 51 deaths as of 8 a.m. Tuesday. The office said emergency workers found 40 more bodies in the debris overnight, but it had not yet received them, according to Reuters. How many are ...
-
Head of La Salle University in Philly to step down
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The longtime leader of La Salle University in Philadelphia will be leaving the institution.President Michael McGinniss says he'll step down at the end of his third term in May 2014. By that time, he will have led the private Catholic school for 15 years.McGinniss said in a statement Tuesday that while he is proud of his work at La Salle, it seems like the right time to ...
-
Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister at least 24 people killed
A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
-
Lehigh County Couple Charged In Theft Of $854K From Township
A former municipal employee and her husband, a former police officer, have been charged with embezzling more than $850,000 from an eastern Pennsylvania township. Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin announced charges Tuesday against the couple, 66-year-old Nancy Tonkin and 69-year-old William Tonkin IV of ...
-
Rescuers search board by board for survivors
Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ...
-
Pittsburgh WWII vets get free trip to national memorial
As Puma got ready to board the bus to Washington to salute his fallen brothers at the WWII Memorial, he said, "The ones who were buried -- they're the real heroes. We're the lucky ones that came ...
-
Very light turnout across Delco for primary election
cscharr@delcotimes.com @cindyscharr Poll workers in Aston anticipated a meager 15 percent of voters would show up to cast their ballots Tuesday, Primary Election Day in Pennsylvania."People should come out and execute their right to vote," said Ann Iacono, sitting outside of Aston Elementary School.She didn’t have much to do. Although polls opened at 7 a.m., only eight people ...
-
1 of 2 Delco women charged in Chesco prison escape plot cops plea
mrellahan@dailylocal.com WEST CHESTER – One of two Delaware County women involved in a failed plot to engineer an escape by two accused murderers from Chester County Prison pleaded guilty to charges surrounding the scheme Tuesday, and was sentenced to a prison term in the same institution she had targeted.What Jameela Aigne Rozier could not do, however, was explain why she had agreed to ...
-
Former IRS chief No knowledge of how targeting conservative groups happened
ALAN FRAM and By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.Douglas Shulman, who vacated his position last November when his five-year ...
-
U.S. Prison cant contain Philly drug kingpins rage they want death penalty
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Prosecutors seeking the death penalty for a drug kingpin convicted of killing 12 people say no prison can contain his rage.Former boxer Kaboni Savage will otherwise spend his life in solitary confinement, according to defense lawyers trying to keep him off death row.The sentencing hearing began Tuesday and is expected to last two weeks.The ...
-
Pa. man accused of taking diapers shoe inserts
CARLISLE, Pa. - A central Pennsylvania man is in jail, facing charges he stole two packages of adult diapers and shoe inserts from a Carlisle pharmacy.Pennlive.com reports (( http://bit.ly/18frogw) police say 47-year-old David Voigt of York took the merchandise on Monday night from a CVS Pharmacy. The news outlet says Voigt is being held in the Cumberland County Prison, with bail set at ...
-
Police seek 2 after Pa. woman calls 911 from trunk
LANCASTER, Pa. - Police in Lancaster County are searching for two suspects after a woman called 911 from the trunk of a car to report that she had been abducted by strangers.Lancaster police say the 33-year-old woman called 911 around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday and said she had been abducted in the city of Lancaster. Police Lt. Todd Umstead says that based on her communications with dispatchers, ...
-
Man charged in second robbery at Pa. bank in week
MCKEESPORT, Pa. - Authorities had at least one person in custody after a Pittsburgh-area bank was robbed at knifepoint twice in less than a week.The Huntingdon Bank branch in McKeesport was robbed about 10 a.m. Monday. The same bank had been targeted five days before.FBI and police in McKeesport, about 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, say one man was in custody and being questioned about ...
-
Students OK after W. Pa. school bus driver crashes
PATTON, Pa. (AP) -- Officials say more than two dozen school students have escaped injury when their bus driver crashed after suffering a medical emergency in central ...
-
Poll Obamas approval ratings steady amid controversies
Washington Post-ABC News poll also finds that allegations of impropriety related to the controversies have not affected President Barack Obama's political standing. The president's approval rating, at 51 percent positive and 44 percent negative, has remained steady in the face of fresh disclosures about the IRS, the Benghazi attack and the Justice Department's secret collection ...
-
Feds Woman stole $100000 from church-run credit union
A western Pennsylvania woman is due to be arraigned by a federal magistrate on charges she stole more than $100,000 from the tiny, church-affiliated credit union she used to ...
-
Pa. gaming board OKs charges at new resort casino at Nemacolin
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has approved charges that non-resort guests must pay to gamble at the soon-to-open casino at Nemacolin Woodlands ...
-
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris evacuated after suicide inside
Police evacuated Paris' Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday after a well-known far-right former activist died by shooting himself in the mouth in front of its main altar, a police source said.The man, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, is a historian known in France for his far-right political essays. He carried a letter on his person but made no declaration before shooting himself dead in the ...
-
Jersey shore readies for 1st post-Sandy summer
"The Jersey shore is open for the summer and ready to receive our customers," Gov. Chris Christie said Monday at a ceremony reopening the newly rebuilt Lavallette boardwalk, three-quarters of which was destroyed by the storm. "This is going to be a really good ...
-
Apples Cook faces Senate questions on taxes
In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday May 21, 2013, to explain the company (TM)s tax strategy, which a Senate subcommittee says lets it avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, ...
-
Education paying off for Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is faring better than some of its fellow Rust Belt cities because residents became better educated and because of where the college and universities are located, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland study that also looked at Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit. Fed Economist Daniel Hartley found inward contraction of higher-income neighborhoods as the areas bordering them ...
-
Trident expands public entity insurance program in Pennsylvania
Trident Insurance Services and The McGowan Cos. have formed a new partnership that will allow McGowan agents and brokers to sell Trident's public entity insurance program in Pennsylvania. One of Trident's products is law enforcement liability. Trident Insurance Services LLC has formed an exclusive partnership with The McGowan Cos. to provide public entity insurance in Pennsylvania. The ...
Pittsburgh Feature
-
Pittsburgh's East Liberty may emulate Market Square
East Liberty in Pittsburgh is to undergo another construction project aimed at revamping the neighborhood and enhancing its potential as a market center, possibly using the recently completed redevelopment of Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh as a model.
East Liberty is a 254 acre neighborhood in Pittsburgh and one of the city’s more overlooked areas with crime rates that are higher than the rest of the city and a general lack of robust economic activity, which has led to some degree of social decay. Read more
News from around our Network
